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Subject 19 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: the first Ladies special offering. Listen to this one, guys, 20 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: Dear Stephen Shirley, I am a happily married man and 21 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: I need your advice. Last summer, I loaned a female 22 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: friend three hundred and twenty dollars for an insurance class 23 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: so she could start her own business. She was engaged 24 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: to be married at the time to a preacher. After 25 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: I loaned her the money, we barely kept in touch. 26 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: She got married, and I was busy with my family 27 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: and traveling for work. Recently, I decided to check in 28 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: on my friend and see how she was doing in 29 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: her new career as an insurance agent. I also planned 30 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: to ask her to pay me back. When I called her, 31 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: she thanked me for the loan, but to my surprise, 32 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: she said she never took the insurance class. I was shocked, 33 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: and I politely asked her for my three hundred and 34 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: twenty dollars back. She told me that she didn't have 35 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: my money and she didn't know when she would be 36 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: able to pay me. She also said that she could 37 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: not ask her husband, the pastor, for the money because 38 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: it would cause a big problem in her marriage. Stephen, Shirley, 39 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: you are not going to believe what happened next. Instead 40 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: of giving me my money, she offered me her quotation 41 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: marks all of this is in uh personal services. So 42 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: she offered me her personal services to pay off her debt. 43 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: I was like, first Lady, please, she is a pastor's wife, 44 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: and she offered to repay me in sex. I have 45 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: never wanted to be intimate with her, and I would 46 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: never cheat one my wife. I just want my money back. 47 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: Should I consider this a total loss? At this point 48 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: I thought about telling her husband, but I don't want 49 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: unnecessary drama. What should I do? Okay, the first thing 50 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: you should do. The first thing you should do is 51 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: stop loaning engaged female friends. Uh this amount of money? Okay, 52 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: that that's a okay. If she's engaged, she ought to 53 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: be able to ask her fiance for that kind of money. 54 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: And you're right that this was hard to believe. And yes, 55 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: you can count this as a lost loss. You will 56 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: never see your money again. Uh, you'll never see that. UM. 57 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm glad though you're a man of integrity, I really am, 58 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: and you decided not to cheat on your wife and 59 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: sleep with the pastor's wife. I think this first Lady 60 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: is really a piece of work here, I really do 61 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: offering her personal services to you for the repayment of 62 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: a three twenty dollars really really, first lady, Uh again, 63 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: I think you should take the l on this one. No, 64 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: please don't tell her husband, the pastor. Hopefully he'll find 65 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: out about her ratchet tree, uh soon enough, because I'm 66 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: sure this isn't the only thing she's doing. I think 67 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff was left out of this letter. 68 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: I have to say that. Um. But yeah, to count 69 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: it as an l it is a loss for you 70 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: and you're never going to see your money again. And 71 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: don't tell him. Just take it as a loss and 72 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: and and learn the lesson from this. Don't lend people 73 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: money like that, Uh, Jake. What you need to do 74 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: is when you go to service next Sunday and the 75 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: pastor says, there anyone in here who would like to 76 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: stand up and testify, testify, come on here now to 77 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: realise your finger up in the air, because you want 78 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: to have restick for the wood for the wood, the 79 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: wood for the wood. And when you rise up, when 80 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: you rise up by the pew, start the saying woods 81 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: right here. I like to thank the congregation in the 82 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: band chould much respect to the pastor, the place leading 83 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: and all the visited members. But past to have something 84 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: hitting on my heart, on my heart right here, it's 85 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: releasing releasing it. You understand what I'm saying. Sometimes there 86 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: are people that you do things for they don't how 87 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: do I said, I wish I could give some help. 88 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: They don't pay you back for the things you do 89 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: for them. They're sitting in here right now, Pastor, and 90 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to part of them out because I'm 91 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: a Christian man, but they need to pay me my 92 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: damn three hundred and twenty dollars right now, right now, 93 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: right now. That's all I have to because confusion in 94 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: that little country church. Okay, all right, we'll listen. We're 95 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: gonna have part two of the guy's responses to today's 96 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: Strawberry Letter when we come back, subject the First Lady 97 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: Special Offering. Will talk about it right after this. You're 98 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: listening to Steve every morning show. All right, we're in 99 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: the middle of the Strawberry Letters. Steve is on vacation, 100 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: by the way, Junior is on vacation today. The subject 101 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: of today's letter, the First Ladies Special Offering. A young 102 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: man wrote this letter. He says he's happily married, but 103 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: last summer he loaned a female friend of his three 104 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty dollars for an insurance class so she 105 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: could start her own business. She at the time, this 106 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: woman who borrowed the money was engaged to a man, 107 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: a preacher. She was engaged to be married, so he 108 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: loaned her the money. They barely kept in touch after that. Uh. 109 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: The woman went on to get married to the preacher, 110 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: and the guy was busy with his family and traveling 111 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: for work. So recently he decided to check on his 112 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: friend to see how she was doing in her new 113 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: career as an insurance agent. Right jay. He also he 114 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: also planned when when he was checking on her, to 115 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: ask her about his money when she was going to 116 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: pay him back. Well, when he called her, she thanked 117 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: him for the loan and everything, but she said she 118 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: she never took the insurance class, and she didn't have 119 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: the money to pay him back, and she wouldn't be 120 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: able to pay him, and please don't tell her husband 121 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: or ask ask him anything about it, because it would 122 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: cause a big stink in her marriage, a big problem. 123 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: So um, he says. You know. She went on to 124 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: say that instead of giving him the money, she offered 125 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: him her personal services. Now keep in mind she is 126 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: married to a pastor. Now. She was engaged initially when 127 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: she asked for the money when she borrowed the money, 128 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: but now she's married to the pastor. She's the first 129 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: lady of a church. Uh. The guy asked her for 130 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: her money, she said she didn't have it, but she 131 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: did offer her personal services uh to pay off her 132 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: debt um. So he said he's never wanted to be 133 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: intimate with her. He never wanted to cheat on his 134 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: wife in that way. He's asking us, should he count 135 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: this as a total loss, and should he tell her husband? 136 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: And what should he do? We've heard from You've heard 137 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: from me, You've heard from Ja. Now Tommy, it's on you. 138 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: What you got Why don't you see a blessing when 139 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: it's in front of you? Why don't you see the blessing? 140 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: You have three hundred and twenty dollars worth of service 141 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: coming your way? Why? What? What? What? What? What I 142 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: got out with? Man? He didn't get out what I 143 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: got out. I'm just saying, you don't see this. We 144 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: getting three hundred and twenty dollars worth the service, and 145 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: we can break that up over of course the time 146 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: we get yeah, we get we can break that over 147 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: the course of six months, once to week, we can 148 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: get a little service done once a week. I don't 149 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: see why you don't want this, And I am so 150 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: disappointed in you right now, I really am. I am. 151 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not gonna be like Shure. They're talking 152 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: about your integrated and I didn't. No, no, no, no, no. 153 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,599 Speaker 1: You got to get here's three twinter back and the 154 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: lady don't have it, So we're gonna have to give 155 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: it the way. The lady wants to give it tools 156 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: and she wants to give it in service, and that's okay, 157 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: so let's get it in service. Yeah, no, no, take 158 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: the beat, don't take the hel take the beat? What's 159 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: it's that? Booty? Take the beat? Never take the hel? 160 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: Get you something that booty take? Wait a minute, tell 161 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: me it doesn't make you feel any kind of way. 162 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: She's the first lady of a church. She's married. Then 163 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the first lady. And she's a first 164 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: lady that I'm gonna have that when I when I 165 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: get it, I'm gonna have to get a little different 166 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: when I come in the room. Okay, but when I 167 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: come in the room, I need my three twenty got 168 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: him mind, I need you to pay me, should pay 169 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: me away, started nibbling on my neck. God imighty, come on, 170 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go too fun you see you see in hell? 171 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: Go ahead on, do it, non, do it. There's nothing 172 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: wrong in service. There's nothing wrong getting paid in service. 173 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: That's your message. She wants to stay in service. She 174 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: goes to service Sunday morning. She wants to give service 175 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: to him Wednesday evening. All right, not all right? All 176 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: minds clear, no, no, he just just forget about the 177 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: three twenties. He's never gonna see it again. Like I said, 178 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: just get about it. Charge to the game. You should 179 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: be one of those taken out take a b what's 180 00:11:54,800 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: the be again? She's a first lady, Tommy, okay, so 181 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: what so what about people that second and theory ladies? 182 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: What about it? What is that? What does the first 183 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: lay to mean? That means she's a pastor's wife. Okay, 184 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: she shouldn't have been doing that, So that's all right. No, 185 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: that's the past of Auntie. That's all right. I mean 186 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: she's married to the past. She's married. Come on, now, 187 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: you know that's not the proper way you're gonna first lads. Yeah, yeah, Tommy, 188 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: that's what Shirley drew. The line. It's that line right there. 189 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: The line can be erased. She's married, he's married. Just 190 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: pay him his money or forget about it. She's not 191 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: giving him the money back. That's that's obvious. Yeah, just 192 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: she cauldn't get it out the collection plate on sud 193 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: I mean that's for the lord. Come on, now, that's 194 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: what Excuse me? What are you gonna say? What were 195 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: we gonna say? Benevolent offering? They don't do the benevolent 196 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: normal dude, Yeah, they still do it my church. Okay, sure, 197 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: what what you've been going on the rug? Yes? I 198 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: have a nephew. I go to church. You went through 199 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: a draftball. Why when you hadn't been going I remember that? 200 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: Are you judging me on that thought? You sound like, alright, guys, 201 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: we definitely have to get out of here. You can 202 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: email us or Instagram. That's your thoughts on today's Strawberry 203 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: letter at Steve Harvey f M dot com. And we 204 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: gotta say congratulations to the rock. His movie The Skyscraper 205 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: came in at number two, making four million dollars. Yet 206 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: the five million dollars. Yes, Cinema. Yes, love the rock. 207 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: I loved the rug like an updated doll hole that 208 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: Y rate. It made forty five million, which is great, 209 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: but I understand it costs a hundred and forty five 210 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: million to make. None of us here have to worry 211 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: about that. 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